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- ! <http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/kingsbef.htm>The Township of Kingston 1796A Roll of the Inhabitants of the Midland District in the Province of Upper Canada Who Adhered to the Unity of the Empire and joined the Royal Standard in America Before The Treaty of Separation in the Year 1783. Taken in Open Sessions Held at Kingston October the 11th and at Different Adjournments till the 15th of November 1796. (Kingston Before TheWar of 1812 - pg 348-350). Transcribed by Linda Herman, June, 2001.Purdy, Gilbert U.E.! The Loyalists of Ontario, Sons and Daughters of American Loyalists:PURDY, Gilbert Sr., Guides and Pioneers, m. Mary. Lived at New Burgh, Ulster Co., N.Y. Died 1778David of Ernestown, U.E.Gilbert, of Kingston, O.C. 7 June 1800Micajah, of KingstonSamuel,Mercy, m. John Everitt, of Kingston, O.C. 3 Mar 1809RhodaMaryCharlotte, m. Nicholas Herchmer of Kingstonm O.C. 17 Nov 1797! <http://www.uelac.org/Kingston/stories.html#purdy>PURDY FAMILY by Doreen Hooper O'Brien, UE - appearedin Cataraqui Loyalist Town Crier (Sept. 2005), 24(4):4-6Cataraqui was first settled by Loyalists, many of them Methodists who, in 1784, came from New York State under the leadership of Michael Grass. It was with his Company No. 5 under Captain John Everitt that Gilbert Purdy died onpassage to Philadelphia under Gen. Howe. His widow, Mary, her four sons and four daughters came to settle in Cataraqui area. Some of Gilbert and Mary's children moved a little further afield but names of theirdescendants are well known to the larger Cataraqui area. Mary's daughter, Mercy, married John Everitt and later married Peter Grass, a son of Michael Grass. Daughter Rhoda married, first, John Wartman, and on his death married Barnabus Day. Daughter Catherine married Joseph Ferris and daughter Charlotte married Nicolaus Herchmer. It appears from family tree notes and from "The Purdy Connection" compiled by Ruth Law that widowMary's eldest son David lived in the Collins Bay or Bath area andher youngest son, Samuel, when married moved to Elizabethtown. That leaves sons Gilbert and Micajah who remained in Cataraqui and whose descendantshave been associated with the Methodist church ever since.Gilbert Purdy (1763-1851) - His grave stoneis inthe United Church cemetery near the road, south of the church and states "he was a member of the Methodist Church for 64 years". This means he became a member in 1787. Gilbert married Ann Elizabeth Jennings and they had 13 children. The branches spread out but some remain close by. Gilbert's son, Jesse (1794-1881) had a son Robert (1836-1896) whose daughter Hester Jane (1868-1958) married John W. Edwards. We do know that Dr. J.W.Edwards and his wife HesterJane as well as their children Edna(Edwards), Worden, Sadie (Loney), Evelyn (Packer) and Elizabeth (Haggart) did live in Cataraqui and contributed much to the life of the Methodist Church in the early1900's.Gilbert's son, Samuel (1795-1859), who married Pamela Ferris, startedthe first regular stage coach between Kingston and York (Toronto) on Jan. 4, 1817. (From "Canadian History for January" by E.A. Taylor in Methodist Sr. Sunday SchoolPaper, Kingston). Their home was in Sandville on the third concession of KingstonTwp. They belonged to the Wesleyan MethodistChurch but it seems their children went further afield - at least two sons went "out west".Gilbert's son, David (1808-1876), who married MaryElizabeth Rees, appears to have the most descendants who remained connected with the church in Cataraqui. They lived in a stone house on con.3 Lot 16 (where John Baker later lived) and theyhad 12 children.MicajahPurdy (1768-1844) was the other son of widow Mary who remained in the Cataraqui area. His gravestone is directly across the highway from Cataraqui United Church and his death notice stated he was a Wesleyan Methodist. He was five times married- Elizabeth Sands, Mercy Sands (sisters), Ann Detlor, Mary Embury and Hester Jane Holmes - and whenhe died he was survived by his last wife and nine of his 23 children. His daughtersmarried into the families of Guess, McCrea, Switzer, VanAlstine, Beachand Beamish. Micajah established mills along the Cataraqui Creek and also in Loughborough Twp. Heowned severallots and it is known that he owned Lot 17 Con. 3 east of the Cataraqui Cemetery as early as 1814. He is remembered even today by the name "Purdy Mills Road" in Cataraqui. It appears that most of Micajah's children lived elsewhere except John whoseson John is listed as a steward in the 1884 Circuit Register; Philip whose wife Charlotte, I believe, is namedin the Circuit Register andalso a daughter Hester. Micajah's son Valentine (1814-1892) lived on the homestead by the Cataraqui Creek all his life and cared for his step-mother after his father's death. He married Harriet Hughson and theyhad8 children.
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1763 - 1851 (88 ans)